- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wooden barkcloth beater. It comprises a cylindrical handle which flares out towards the end, and long square-sectioned head. The faces of the head have longitudinal grooves of varying degrees of fineness. Both ends have been squared-off. [EH [OPS Move] 29/3/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Tubuai Islands, Rurutu Avera Bay
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1921
- Date collected
- 1921
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1925
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Grooved
- Dimensions
- Length: max 425 mm, Width: max 47 mm, Depth: max 48 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1925.29.8 Other numbers: 51
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